Barclays releases Pingit mobile payments app, we go hands on



Barclays Bank has unleashed Pingit, an iOS, Android and BlackBerry app that lets you send up to £300 ($470) each day to family, friends or technically-aware muggers. UK mobile number and bank account holders can get started in minutes as long a…

Sony finalizes divorce with Ericsson, renames itself Sony Mobile Communications



More than half of America’s married couples will tell you, breaking up is hard. Hard and expensive. After living in denial, dodging rumors and eventually coming to terms with the inevitable, Sony has finally taken over Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson’…

Google Wallet gets prepaid security fix, but ‘brute-force’ issue still hangs in the air



Google says it’s fixed a Wallet security flaw that potentially allowed a phone thief to spend a user’s prepaid balance. The ability to provision new prepaid cards had been suspended pending the update, but has now been restored. Things aren’t quite ba…

Nintendo brings Mobiclip on board to help with Wii U development



Nintendo beefed up its proprietary arsenal yesterday, with the acquisition of Mobiclip — a Paris-based video codec provider. As Gamasutra reports, the deal was actually finalized back in October, but only became public this week, when Mobiclip confi…

Reports: Authorities removing iPads from stores in China, following trademark ruling



Government authorities and retailers have reportedly begun removing iPads from stores in China this morning, in apparent response to a ruling issued in December. According to China’s Hebei Youth Daily, local representatives of the country’s Administr…